Some home buyers have a love-hate relationships with the properties they see. They either fall madly in love with a place, finding no faults, or are totally disgusted, even outraged that I would dare show them something so terrible.
Sometimes, underlying a buyer’s rejection reaction are their own irrational expectations or other psychological quirks. But other times, there are hidden issues that can cause a gut reaction of hate toward a particular home.
Here is reason #1 I have seen buyers find fault in homes.
1. Strange neighbor behavior.
I wish I could count the number of times I’ve witnessed buyers be turned all the way off from an otherwise likable property because of tomfoolery (or worse) on the part of the neighbors. While cars on the lawn is the age-old example, there are many more frequent instances of strange neighbor behavior that arise and disgust buyers on the regular. I've shown homes where:
- the back deck had panoramic views of the entire valley—and the rear neighbor’s pit bull breeding kennels
- the next-door neighbor’s tree roots threatened to upend the fence or cause plumbing issues
- the neighbor’s junk yard or poorly patched roof were the primary view from many of the property’s windows
- the home shared a foundation, wall or roof with a next door neighbor, the shared element was in need of expensive repair, and the neighbor refused to pitch in.
Scary incidents during property viewings with neighbors’ pets, “customers” (I’ll say no more) or unfriendly neighbors themselves are also common sources of buyer antipathy to properties which listing agents might never even hear about.
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